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[-] Slashme@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

That's weird, because EVs have exactly the same road noise (from their tyres) as other cars, and that's loud. When they're slow, the warning sounds are louder than some well-silenced combustion engines.

Reading the article, it seems to be mostly complaining about pre-2021 EVs, which weren't required to have noise generators, so I think it's really a nothingburger.

[-] redballooon@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's an old misleading story against EVs in new cloths.

Even pre 2021 the noise generation when driving slow was just a standard feature.

[-] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

I dont agree with the conclusion, there are plenty of old EVs on roads and in a noisy road even modern EVs can have their sound completely masked away from ambient noise of a busy road nearby

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